Table 1. Diseases Reportable to the Minnesota Department of Health Report Immediately by Telephone Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) a Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) a Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) Rabies (animal and human cases and suspected cases) Brucellosis (Brucella spp.) a Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome a Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) a (1. Suspect and probable cases of SARS. 2. Cases of health Hemolytic uremic syndrome a care workers hospitalized for pneumonia or acute respiratory Measles (rubeola) a distress syndrome.) a Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis) Smallpox (variola) a (all invasive disease) a, b Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) a Orthopox virus a Unusual or increased case incidence of any suspect Plague (Yersinia pestis) a infectious illness a Poliomyelitis a Report Within One Working Day Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica/dispar) Malaria (Plasmodium spp.) Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) Meningitis (caused by viral agents) Arboviral disease (including but not limited to, Mumps LaCrosse encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western Neonatal sepsis, less than 7 days after birth (bacteria isolated from equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and a sterile site, excluding coagulase-negative West Nile virus) Staphylococcus) a, b Babesiosis (Babesia spp.) Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis) a Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis) Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci) Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.) a Retrovirus infection Cat scratch disease (infection caused by Bartonella spp.) Reye syndrome Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi) c Rheumatic fever (cases meeting the Jones Criteria only) Chlamydia trachomatis infection c Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii, R. canada) Coccidioidomycosis Salmonellosis, including typhoid (Salmonella spp.) a Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium spp.) a Shigellosis (Shigella spp.) a Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora spp.) a Staphylococcus aureus (vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus [VISA], Dengue virus infection vancomycin-resistant S. aureus [VRSA], and death or critical Diphyllobothrium latum infection illness due to community-associated S. aureus in a previously Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia spp.) healthy individual) a Encephalitis (caused by viral agents) Streptococcal disease (all invasive disease caused by Groups A Enteric E. coli infection (E. coli O157:H7, other enterohemorrhagic and B streptococci and S. pneumoniae) a, b [Shiga toxin-producing] E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) c enteroinvasive E. coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli) a Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) Enterobacter sakazakii (infants under 1 year of age) a Toxic shock syndrome a Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia) Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii) Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) c Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy Guillain-Barre syndrome e Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis) Haemophilus influenzae disease (all invasive disease) a,b Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex) (Pulmonary or Hantavirus infection extrapulmonary sites of disease, including laboratory Hepatitis (all primary viral types including A, B, C, D, and E) confirmed or clinically diagnosed disease, are reportable. Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum) Latent tuberculosis infection is not reportable.) a Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, including Typhus (Rickettsia spp.) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) a, d Unexplained deaths and unexplained critical illness Influenza (unusual case incidence, critical illness, or laboratory (possibly due to infectious cause) a confirmed cases) a Varicella-zoster disease Kawasaki disease (1. Primary [chickenpox]: unusual case incidence, critical Kingella spp. (invasive only) a, b illness, or laboratory-confirmed cases. 2. Recurrent [shingles]: Legionellosis (Legionella spp.) a unusual case incidence, or critical illness.) a Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) (Mycobacterium leprae) Vibrio spp. a Leptospirosis (Leptospira interrogans) Yellow fever Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) a Yersiniosis, enteric (Yersinia spp.) a Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) Sentinel Surveillance (at sites designated by the Commissioner of Health) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus a, b Clostridium difficile a Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae spp. and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. a a Submission of clinical materials required. If a rapid, non-culture assay is used b Isolates are considered to be from invasive disease if they are for diagnosis, we request that positives be cultured, and isolates submitted. If isolated from a normally sterile site, e.g., blood, CSF, joint fluid, this is not possible, send specimens, nucleic acid, enrichment broth, or other etc. appropriate material. Call the MDH Public Health Laboratory at 651-201-4953 c Report on separate Sexually Transmitted Disease Report Card. for instructions. d Report on separate HIV Report Card. e Reportable as of October 1, 2009-September 30, 2011
2 DCN 39;1 January/August 2011